VITAHLS Resources for Families

Gardening

• Grow Your Own Gardening Project - Valley United Way

Recipes

• VITAHLS Healthy Cooking Challenge Cookbook (PDF)
• ChopChop | The Fun Cooking Magazine For Families
• Fun Family Recipes, Eat Right, NHLBI, NIH   ...
  Healthy recipes for families and kids from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institutes of Health
• Recipes - Recipes for Healthy Living by the American Diabetes Association®   ...
  Eating healthful meals is an essential part of managing diabetes. All of our recipes use healthful ingredients and cooking techniques. Try the recipes and our meal plans for healthier eating.
• Heart Healthy Home Cooking, African American Style (National Institutes of Health)
• Heart Healthy Latino Recipes (National Institutes of Health)

Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle

• Be a Good Health Role Model - National Institutes of Health (pdf)
• Healthy Eating Tips, Eat Right, NHLBI, NIH   ...
  Everyday eating tips to help your family maintain a healthy weight
• Maintain a Healthy Weight, Healthy Weight Basics, NHLBI, NIH   ...
  Tips for helping families achieve and maintain a healthy weight and prevent childhood obesity

Tips to Make Healthful Food Choices

• At the Store – Save Money and Shop Healthy (pdf)
• Ahorre dinero en la tienda mientras compra alimentos saludables (pdf)
• Getting Kids in the Kitchen (pdf)
• Cocine con los niños (pdf)
• Healthy Eating On A Budget | Choose MyPlate
• How Much Sugar and Calories are in Your Favorite Drink? (pdf)
• Make Easy and Health Family Meals - USDA (pdf)
• Making Healthier Food Choices (pdf)
• Making Healthy and Fun School Lunches (pdf)
• Secretos para preparar almuerzos saludables y divertidos (pdf)
• Utilice los datos de la etiqueta de nutrición (pdf)
• How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label   ...
  The following label-building skills are intended to make it easier for you to use nutrition labels to make quick, informed food choices that contribute to a healthy diet.
• Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label   ...
  The FDA finalized the new Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect new scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic diseases such as obesity and heart disease. The new label will make it easier for consumers to make better informed food choices.
• Portion control - USDA (pdf)
• Save Money by Cooking Smarter - National Institutes of Health (pdf)
• Healthy Eating Tips, Eat Right, NHLBI, NIH   ...
  Everyday eating tips to help your family maintain a healthy weight

Tips to Be Physically Active

• Be Active and Have Fun (pdf)
• ¡Podemos! hacer que la actividad física sea divertida (pdf)
• Everyday Ideas to Move More, Get Active, NHLBI, NIH   ...
  Tips for fitting physical activity into your family's life
• Help Your Kids Reduce Screen Time and Move More (pdf)
• Make Family Time Active Time, Get Active, NHLBI, NIH   ...
  Tips for making physical activity a family activity
• Physical Activity Guidelines, Get Active, NHLBI, NIH   ...
  Physical activity recommendations from the United States Department of Health and Human Services 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
• Reduce Screen Time, NHLBI, NIH   ...
  Tools for reducing the amount of time your family spends in front of a screen
• Screen Time Chart (pdf)
• ¡Podemos! ayudar a nuestros niños a ser más activos y pasar menos tiempo frente a la pantalla (pdf)